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A rabbi’s failed attempt to clean up Holocaust distortion

Menachem Rosensaft — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:25:43 +0000

On November 20, Thomas Rose, the U.S. ambassador to Poland, delivered a speech in Warsaw in which he categorised as a “historic injustice” and “grotesque falsehood” any suggestion that “Poland shares guilt for the barbaric crimes committed against it” during World War II, presumably including the murder of millions of Polish Jews in German-occupied Poland. […]

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Claims Conference launches new innovative social media campaign: #DONTBEABYSTANDER

J-Wire Newsdesk — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 06:40:14 +0000

Gideon Taylor, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced today a new social media campaign in partnership with Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, called #DontBeABystander: Those Who Risked It All To Save A Life. This initiative is a Holocaust education campaign that highlights a lesser-known aspect of […]

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Israel recognises Pole who saved Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto

J-Wire Staff — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:53:45 +0000

The Israeli Embassy in Canberra has hosted a ceremony to honour the late Roman Talikowski, a Polish Catholic merchant who risked his life saving Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto.

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